trust me folks, this rabbit hole goes DEEP. My wifey and I moved to rural maine from urban maine (if there is such a thing) almost a year ago. We now have 30+ chickens, two ducks and two albino turkeys. She's getting into showing this year, already into conservation of rare breeds. It's some arian race shiat. They breed for types and color, and whack anything sub-par. She's constantly talking to her 'chicken people' about bartering and breeding advice. Between that and our 1 year old daughter, there's no intimate relationship between us to speak of anymore.

BE WARNED.. If you value your time with your partner, DO NOT let them get into the world of show cocks.

Uncle Tractor:I would have loved to enter this guy in the competition:

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You might like the book How to Keep Dinosaurs. It talks about what we know of dinosaur lifestyles and what they would be useful for if they were still around, such as pets, zoo animals, guard animals, park animals, etc. It covers behaviour, diet, size, and intelligence, among other factors determining how you would have to provide for their needs.

Those small dinosaurs might make good apartment pets if declawed. Take a look at those claws--not something you would want on your couch or persian rugs. Perhaps not good show animals for that same reason, but it certainly is a beautiful specimen. I'd certainly love to see people's candid reactions posted to YouTube.

I like the faun-like dappling. This is a very reasonable guess at what small ground-and bush-hunting dinosaurs would look like. They would need camouflage for the forest floor and therefore would likely be coloured very like a ground-nesting bird or small mammal.

TiiiMMMaHHH:trust me folks, this rabbit hole goes DEEP. My wifey and I moved to rural maine from urban maine (if there is such a thing) almost a year ago. We now have 30+ chickens, two ducks and two albino turkeys. She's getting into showing this year, already into conservation of rare breeds. It's some arian race shiat. They breed for types and color, and whack anything sub-par. She's constantly talking to her 'chicken people' about bartering and breeding advice. Between that and our 1 year old daughter, there's no intimate relationship between us to speak of anymore.

BE WARNED.. If you value your time with your partner, DO NOT let them get into the world of show cocks.

thisone:TiiiMMMaHHH: trust me folks, this rabbit hole goes DEEP. My wifey and I moved to rural maine from urban maine (if there is such a thing) almost a year ago. We now have 30+ chickens, two ducks and two albino turkeys. She's getting into showing this year, already into conservation of rare breeds. It's some arian race shiat. They breed for types and color, and whack anything sub-par. She's constantly talking to her 'chicken people' about bartering and breeding advice. Between that and our 1 year old daughter, there's no intimate relationship between us to speak of anymore.

BE WARNED.. If you value your time with your partner, DO NOT let them get into the world of show cocks.

Depends on the breed. If she's raising Mille Fleures, for example, it takes maybe half a dozen birds to make a modest pot of stew. (My family had an overpopulation of cocks one year due to two or three hens being successfully broody. Something had to be done.) On the other hand, the Jersey Giant is probably good eating. Ultimately, show chickens are still chickens. And the meat is almost certainly better than the Tyson stuff at the grocery.

Livestock breeding does involve breeding for type. And culling. Artificial selection at work. It... takes some getting used to. But somehow, it's easier with chickens...

/Maybe you and your wife should get into goats, or something.//You know, together.